[DeTomaso] Team Pantera of Long Island

[boyd casey]

 I am not trying to stir the pot but I have some questions concerning the
Long Island chapter of Poca.  I wrote to the e-mail address listed as the
contact e-mail for the Long Island Poca chapter several times in the almost
three years since I bought my Pantera. I have never received a reply to any
of my inquiries. In that same three year period there has never been  any
meeting , event, or tech session ( or any other pantera related  session
listed) During this time I actually wrote to the POCA national board and
made inquiries about what it would necessitate to resurrect the Long Island
Pantera chapter.. I am not trying to rock the boat and I am friends with Bob
Levitt and I like him. He is a real Pantera enthusiast.  It is my belief
that POCA is a club run under parliamentary procedure and as such changes
to  the chapter , it's officers and  other important issues are supposed to
be settled by election not appointment by the president. Someone correct me
if I am wrong but that's what seperates us  from  private and for profit
organizations.  I am interested in participating in a long Island based POCA
chapter. I have gone so far as to form a  vintage/ classic car club that is
based in Port Chester and has been meeting for  four months. One of our
members has a custom car / Motorcycle shop and has been a mechanic for over
30 years. He allows us to use his shop for our meetings and also allows
members ti use  his facilities to work on our cars..  I am not opposed to
Robert Levitt  becoming the president of the Long Island  POCA chapter "*If
and when he is duly nominated and elected through the due process
established in the POCA by laws" Where can one find a copy of our by laws
and what body of the POCA hierarchy oversees adhearencne to the by laws by
the  the local chapters?
I would like to propose a motion that the national POCA chapter review the
minutes of  "Team Pantera of Long Island " chapter of Poca and see what has
been going on ( officially ) and an accounting of the disbursement of the
dues collected by the national chapter and distributed to the Long Island
chapter and If and how they have been spent.
It appears to me that the  Long Island Chapter of POCA "Team Pantera of Long
Island" has been mismanaged  ( if you can call it that ). As I said earlier.
Besides not having my inquiries answered I have not seen a single event
listed in the POCA national calender of events or the "Team Pantera of Long
Island" calender of events in the last two and 1l2 years and there are none
listed in the foreseeable future. I am not throwing stones at Chris * Zsevic
( the listed president of Team Pantera of Long Island) but for some reason
he has  apparently been unable to get the Long Island Chapter running as a
Viable club. He has expressed some signs of attempting to revitalize the
club but I personally don't think a person who has done nothing with the
chapter over several years as the president should be in a position to
arbitrarily appoint a new President of the chapter.  With the participation
and support of the national Board we should gather all the members
interested in reestablishing the long Island chapter and hold a meeting to
establish a meeting scheduled and misson statement. Then we should hold
elections so that all interested parties can participate in the election
process. If Cliff wants to continue to participate in "Team Pantera of Long
Island "as a member he should be welcome like any other person, but if he
wants to hold a position as an officer  he should be duly nominated and
elected by the current members. These are my personal beliefs and every
member  is entitled to his or her  own opinion. I encourage those with an
interest in joining " Team Pantera of Long Island" to let their opinions be
known and participate in the process of reestablishing this chapter.

Hugh Boyd Casey

CC: Pantera Owners Club of America President
CC: Pantera Owners Club of America Membership Director